Understanding Self-Concept in the FLL Context

Abstract

This chapter considers the findings from the analysis of the data in this study in respect to how self-concept appears to function in the FL domain and how this compares to the existent literature. It focuses primarily on the case study participant’s EFL self-concept and explores how this learner’s various FL-related self-concepts interconnect and vary across contexts. The other data sources are also examined and reveal the ways in which self-concept may be subject to variation across learners and contexts. The chapter concludes by proposing a network-based model of self-concept to describe the characteristics of the FL self-concepts emerging from the analysis of these specific data.